You should get long beeps, complaining about no memory. If you don't the CPU might be dead. If you do the CPU is okay and the problem lies elsewhere. Also, the 4790K has an igpu, so try removing the ...

Well, after numerous threads and follow-up questions with you fine folks, I have diagnosed the problem with my computer and it turns out my XP 1700+ processor is dead (R.I.P.). I need to get that ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...